Idioms and Phrases
Direction: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.
- a close shave.
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a close shave/call : a situation in which you only just manage to avoid an accident.
● The speeding car passed only a few inches from us a real close shave. The best option is a narrow escape from danger.Correct Option: A
a close shave/call : a situation in which you only just manage to avoid an accident.
● The speeding car passed only a few inches from us a real close shave. The best option is a narrow escape from danger.
- I want to tell you in a nutshell, lust for money and power ruined her life.
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put something in a nutshell: to express something in a very clear way, using few words.
● To put in a nutshell, we are bankrupt. The best option is in a brief mannerCorrect Option: D
put something in a nutshell: to express something in a very clear way, using few words.
● To put in a nutshell, we are bankrupt. The best option is in a brief manner
- Our school is within a stone’s throw of the railway station.
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within a stone’s throw : a very short distance away.
● We live just a stone’s throw from here. The best option is at a short distanceCorrect Option: C
within a stone’s throw : a very short distance away.
● We live just a stone’s throw from here. The best option is at a short distance
- to feather one’s nest
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to feather one’s nest : to make oneself richer, especially by spending money on oneself that should be spent on something else.
● Bob’s many profitable assignments enabled him to feather his nest comfortably. The best option is to enrich one self when opportunity occurs.Correct Option: C
to feather one’s nest : to make oneself richer, especially by spending money on oneself that should be spent on something else.
● Bob’s many profitable assignments enabled him to feather his nest comfortably. The best option is to enrich one self when opportunity occurs.
- a close-fisted person
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A close-fisted (person) : not willing to spend or give much money; mean; stingy.
● My uncle is a close-fisted person. The best option is a miserCorrect Option: B
A close-fisted (person) : not willing to spend or give much money; mean; stingy.
● My uncle is a close-fisted person. The best option is a miser